court in d. c., as part of the team but subpoenaed to former vice president mike pence, these hearings focused on whether pence must testify about his dealings with trump, around january the 6th, the lawyers for trump appeared to be at odds with the former vice, nbc news puts, it they argue pence can t testify, because of executive privilege. pence argues he s immune from testifying for legal protection for lawmakers, he says he is acting for president of the senate as part of the electoral vote count, as opposed to part of the executive branch. come on, guys get your excuse straight. , meanwhile in new york, no word from the grand jury in the stormy daniels hush money case. the jury is expected to meet again on monday, but we did hear from alvin bragg s office in the form of a letter to house republicans flatly requesting rejecting any requests for information with hush money case. one house democrat had this reaction for the republican demand. i was astonished actually
with more missiles and other weapons after widespread strike killing 19 people. the united nations calling the attack particularly shocking and amounting to potentially war crimes. testimony has begun in the trial of a russian national who is accused of playing a major role in the fabrication of a document. used in the trump-russia probe. igor is accused of making false statements to the fbi. remember that this is the john durham investigation. stocks were mixed today, the dow gained 36 common s&p 500 and the nasdaq fell with a technology lead retreat on fears, the s&p down 24, the nasdaq lost 116. it is a midterm watch four weeks from tonight, and we have a new round of power rankings with ships benefiting both parties as we look at the governor s races, the one shift we have in the governor s race is maine. moving to lean democrats, a battle between income and democrat mills and the former republican governor paul lepage, if we take a look at the shifts in the house, th
the deal involves extra money and drones for france. the i paper says that sunak s allies are calling for a purge of the tory right including according to the paper s sources calls to sack home secretary suella braverman. the times reports that rishi sunak will deny the king the opportunity to attend the cop27 climate conference. the guardian focuses on sharma s call to tax excessive oil profits. on its front, the daily mirror carries a message from 77 year old his post was demoted. hospital paitent catherine poole to the prime minister, that he should pay up and increase nurses salaries. the financial times focuses on elon musk closing his deal for twitter across a backdrop of crashing share prices across silicon valley. the daily mail looks at the submarine sex pests scandal , reporting on an inquiry that has looked at claims of bullying and harassment of women in the submarine service. james, do you want to kick us off this time? tell us more about this apparent
in a statement, harry and meghan said the tv presenter s comments were not an isolated incident. those are our latest stories the seller. this hour. good morning. now on bbc news, global questions: sri lanka rising global civil unrest. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from the heart of sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impossibly high food and fuel costs. and it s become something of a bellwether for other lower income countries. world leaders are looking to see whether sri lanka can overcome its worst economic crisis for mo
may be tempting just to tune out, just to watch football or hgtv or the great british baking show. you know, whatever floats your boat. but i m here to tell you, pittsburgh, that tuning out is not an option. sulking and moping, that s not an option. the only way to make everything fair is if we, all of us, fight for it. the only way to save democracy is if we, together, fight for it. and it starts with electing people who know you, who see you, who care about you, who ve stood in your shoes. you did that two years ago when you sent joe biden to the white house. he s fighting for you every day, he s got your back, doing everything he can to put more money in your pockets, to make our streets safer, to bring good-paying jobs here to pennsylvania. now you need to do it again. because while there may be a lot of issues at stake in this election, there is one basic question that you should be asking yourself right now, and that is who will fight for you? that s the choice in this